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I'm often described in the mainstream media as an 'Evangelical minister' or ‘Pentecostal preacher', even...

Today we continue my thoughts on Simplicity from the corresponding chapter in Richard Foster's book,...

A few days ago I wrote about holding a space open for the “other”. You...

I love art. I teach it. I try to preach it to others. My faith...

How good are you at hearing someone else’s opinion? How long can you hold a...

I had been learning to play bass guitar for two years when I was finally...

consciousness has been the topic of conversation for philosophers for centuries. as in, what does...

Some of my students have recently gotten into the book The Celebration of discipline by...

On my radio show yesterday I talked with Phillip Clayton about Process Theology - the...

The last two weeks has seen a new viral sensation take over our computer screens....

There once was a gay man, that everyone in the city knew, who was travelling...

Improv is play – simple pretending. Think of what works best when kids are at...

Dedicated to Hawk (d. December 2011) These days I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship....

One of my favorite theological sayings is “God in all things; all things in God.”...

Sex has become something bourgeois. Not that the proletariat ever experience sex mind you, but...

It seems natural to wonder, “am I cursed or am I blessed?” But the answer...

Listening to a recent 'On Being' podcast with the venerable and feisty Walter Brueggemann, I...

There is one important person who helped start the entire discussion about "Progressive Christianity" or...

Last month, I decided to start a series of monthly #missionalchat conversations on Twitter, on...

Today we remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  I consider him one of my heroes....

"Church planting is the most effective form of evangelism under heaven" said C.Peter Wagner. I...

"Things fall apart, the center does not hold…” W.B. Yeats, “The Second Coming” 1919 Ninety-three...

I've been too busy to post here recently. I've been too busy for a lot...

Take a look at this picture of astronaut Pete Conrad, handling moon rocks collected on...

Ok, I first need to admit to you, this is not my first time at...

Listening to Sirius XMU at work provoked the following thoughts about about Indie Rock and...

Many emerging Christians have been influenced by deconstructionist postmodernism. Profoundly iconoclastic, deconstructionism challenges any attempt...

If I hear this once more, " man shall not live on bread alone but by...

History will tell if the Occupy Movement spurs any sort of actual change in America....

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